Finnair to open new Premium Lounge at Helsinki Airport
(Warsaw 20.5.2014) Finnair is set to open a new Premium Lounge directly adjacent to its award-winning Lounge near Gate 36 in the non-Schengen area of Helsinki Airport. The Premium Lounge complements the original Finnair Lounge and will be ready for Platinum and Gold Finnair Plus members and other oneworld top-tier customers by July 1.
The Premium Lounge, designed by the Helsinki firm dSign Vertti Kivi & Co, is a showcase for classic Nordic design in harmony with Finnish nature, with dynamic changes in light, colours and video projections in tune with the seasons and time of day. Together they create a unique atmosphere of calm.
High-quality complimentary meals and drinks are plated on Marimekko tableware or served in Iittala Ultima Thule glasses – first designed for Finnair in 1968 by Tapio Wirkkala. Carefully selected furniture in the lounge includes legendary Tulip and Womb chairs created by Eero Saarinen. The 407-square-meter space features different areas for working and relaxation and comfortably seats up to 122 guests.
As part of the overall upgrade in lounge services in Helsinki, the customers of both the Premium Lounge and the adjoining original Lounge will also enjoy access to completely new private shower suites, as well as a Finnish sauna. Towels and forest berry-based shampoos, shower gels and lotions are provided.
“Our aim was to create a high-quality, even emotional experience for Finnair’s demanding clients,” says designer Vertti Kivi. “Different zones for work, refreshment, silence or bathing are unified with a light Scandinavian design touch, creating a space that clients won’t forget.” “This new and exclusive lounge takes Finnair’s long association with Finnish design to a new level,” notes Markku Remes, Finnair’s Manager of Lounge and VIP Services.
The new Premium Lounge is open to Finnair Plus Gold and Platinum members and their guests only, as well as to frequent flyer cardholders with equivalent status at a fellow oneworld airline, including Finnair’s joint business partners American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia and Japan Airlines.
Other Business Class passengers are welcome to the original Lounge, which is directly adjoining and regularly features in lists of the world’s top airline lounges.
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Finnair is specialised in fast connections between Europe and Asia via Helsinki. The airline carries more than eight million passengers annually and connects 13 cities in Asia with more than 60 destinations in Europe. A pioneer in sustainable flying, Finnair operates a young, modern fleet and has the highest score of any publically disclosing airline in the worldwide Carbon Disclosure Project. The only Nordic carrier with a 4-star Skytrax ranking, Finnair has also won the World Airline Award for Best Airline Northern Europe for the past four years running. Finnair has been a member of the oneworld alliance since its founding in 1999.
